Soffit clip for reenforced-concrete structures



Dec. 7 1926.

.H. G. OLIVER SOFFIT CLIP FOR REENF'ORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES Filed July 1 1925 INVENTOR f/ERfiE/i' 7' 6". 04 11/472.

' W ATIORNEY a Patented Dec. 7,

UNITED STATES HERBERT G. OLIVER, OEMAMARONEGK, NEW YORK.

SOFFIT CLIP FOR REENFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES.

Application filed July 1,

The present invention relates to improvements in wire soffit clips for relnforcing concrete structures, and more partlcularly the invention relates to an improvement in the structure disclosed in thepatent granted to me June 3,1924, and numbered 1,496,321, and it has for its principal objects to avoid .waste of the sofiit clip structure when severing the same from standard lengths; to facilitate the manufacture of the 's oflfit 011p; and to provide means for maintalnlng the soffit clip in condensed form for transportation and storage and to facilitate the 'prepa ration of thesoflit clip for application to service.

Dru/wings.

Figure 1 is a broad side view showing the preferred form of a soffit cl p constructed and arranged in accordance wlth the present invention, the clip being shown in its contracted form arranged for transportation or storage.

Figure 2 is a view on enlarged scale showing the under sofiit of a fragment of a structural metal beam having applied thereto a soflit clip constructed in accordance w th the present invention, and in broken lines is shown, a severed fragment of said clip.

Figure 3 is a cross section of the structure shown in Fig. 2, the'section belng taken on the line 33 in Fig. 2. v

Figure 4 is. a' bro-ad slde vlew of a frag-. ment of the sofiit clip showing a modified form thereof.

Figure 5 is a similar view showing a further modification of the structure.

Figure 6 is a similar view showing a further modification of the structure.

Figure 7 is a detailed view on enlarged scale of a clip, the section being taken as on the line 7-7 in Flg. 1.

Description. Q As in the structure referred to as disclosed in the prior patent above mentioned, the

present clip employs a plurality of runner wires 10. In the preferred form shown in Figure 1 of the drawings, these wlres are disposed in spaced relation and are connected at intervals in their length with bridging members 11. In the present invention the bridging members 11 are disposed in pairs and in relatively close relation, the intention-being to provide suificient space between, to conveniently cut the runner 1925. Serial No. 40,946.

wires between the bridging members, the purpose of which is to permit short lengths of the soffit clip to be severed from the standard lengths without waste of the sofiit clip construction, and without allowing-the free ends of the runner wires to hang unsupported, or require the alternative thereof, that the mechanic twist the same together. lVhcn this isdone, it will be appreciated that a considerable loss of time ensues due to the fact that the work is handled by the mechanic when perched on the iron beam and while working thereunder, or in other words, when inconveniently disposed for the purpose mentioned.

Intermediate the bridging members 11 and preferably disposed midway .therebe tween are clips 12. Each clip 12 as can be best seen in Fig.- 7 of the drawings is constructed from a short length of wire, the ends of which are curled around to form loops 13, and an upright extension 1e.

The clips when constructed in accordance with the present invention are mashed or compressed to form the breaking sections 15,-

preferably at the middle or center'of the clip length. The'breaking sections 15 thus come between the runner wires 10 which are permanently secured to the clip 12 by being spot-welded thereto.

The soflit clips for reinforcing are constructed in long lengths of standard measthe mechanic riding the beam, starts his 1 work by breaking the clips 12 by bending sharply 1n successive reversed directions on Y the sections 15. He then holds the sofiit clip below the beam and overturns the extension 14 of the clips 12 to'rest over the flange of the beam as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawmgs.

As shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the

' fragments of the clip 12 when thus disposed are parted with the effect that the intermediate portions of the runner wires 10 opurement and are'delivered in suitable pack crate resiliently to hold the extensions 14 in engaged relation to the flange of the metal beam while the loops 13 serve to hold the runner wires 10 and the parts connected therewith -in spaced relation to the said flange or sofiit of the beams. When now, as

sometimes happens, the standard lengths of the soflit clips are too long or require a small section to fill out the length, the mechanic severs the runner wires between remnant is preserved intact and in position 'to be applied to the work or to bedisposed on the sofiit of the beam.

' In Figures 4, 5 and '6 of the drawings certain modifications of the structure, and particularly of the part thereof employing the bridging members 11 are shown.

In Figure 4, short U-shaped members 16 are spot-welded on the-runner wires in lieu of the short straight lengths-constituting the members 11.

' In Figure 5, the runner wires 10'are disposed in juxtaposed parallel relation. While so disposed, the clips 12 are spot-welded together andintermediate the clips 12. The welding is performed as at the positions indicated by the numerals 17 vand 18-. The spots indicated by the numerals 17 and 18 are spaced apart so that when it becomes necessary to sever the soffit clip, the cut can be made betweenthe said spots. But it will be understood in this connection that two .spots thus indicated are used for practical manufacturing purposes, It would be possible to elongate the welding or to cover the space between the spots indicated by the numerals 17 and 18 so that in severing the sofiit clips, the cut may be made in the center of the welded section. For obvious reasons, however, this is not desired, but it is intended that the claims herewith submitted shall, cover such a construction as the equivalent of the two spots indicated by the numerals 17 and 18. In Figure 6, the runner Wires 10 are disposed in the same manner as shown in Fig. 5 and at certain points they are twisted together to form the wrapped sections 19. Vhen so constructed, the mechanic can cut through the center of the wrapped section 19 and thereby obtain the frictional portions of the soflit clips desired.

It will be understood that while I have shown and described a preferred and certain modified forms of the invention and of the means for forming severing sections for the wish to be understood as considering Withinthe purvey of this invention.

1 claim: v

I Claims:

p l. A soflitclip for. reinforcing concrete I construction comprising a plurality of runner wires disposed in spaced parallel relation; a plurality of clip members structural- 1y secured thereto in perpendicular relation thereto and at sultable intervals; and means for uniting said runner wires between said clip members, said means providing severance areas for retaining said runner wires at opposite sides of the point of severance, said means embodying a plurality of transversely extendedmembers for connecting saidr'unner wires in short spaced relation.

2. A soflit clip for reinforcing concrete construction comprising a plurality of runner wires disposed'in spaced parallel relation; a plurality of clip members structural 1y secured thereto in perpendicular relation and at suitable intervals; and means for uniting said runner wires between said clip members, said means providing severance areas for retaining said runner wires at opposite sides of the point of severance, said means embodying a plurality of connections uniting said runner wires in short .spaced relation intermediate said clips.

3. A soflitclip for reinforcing concrete construction comprising a plurality of runner wires disposed in parallel relation; and

a plurality of clip members structurally secured to each of said wires and having terminal extensions for engaging'the flange vof a structural beam, said clips being provided with a weakened partable section intermediate said runner wires, said partable section embodying a flattened area disposedbet-ween said runner wires.

HERBERT G. OLIVER. 

